I’ve reported on House Bill 1005 (the bad “Yes Means No” referendum wrecker), House Bill 1007 (the weak but salvageable Citizen Initiative Review Committee), and Senate…
Tag: democracy
Reflecting on the life of former Aberdeen American News executive editor Cindy Eikamp, Aberdeen mayor Mike Levsen recalls Eikamp was “a reliably fair-minded partner” in informing…
Dang it! I thought we were rid of Bob Ellis. But he reëmerges on Gordon Howie’s blog with a fit of Christian Tourette’s Syndrome, shouting…
Senator Jim Bolin presented the Initiative and Referendum Task Force’s mostly bad reforms to the Legislature’s Executive Board Monday. Speaker and E-Board chairman G. Mark Mickelson…
Cheer down, Democrats, says David Newquist in another pessimistic but read-worthy essay on the decline of Democrats and democracy in South Dakota and nationwide. Dr.…
Senator Jim Bolin keeps crying that we need to protect our state constitution, and yesterday the interim task force on initiative and referendum mostly agreed…
After just a day and a half of hearings, the Initiative and Referendum Task Force has already asked the Legislative Research Council to draft at…
What can we learn from yesterday’s public testimony before the Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force? Most interested parties think initiative and referendum is good…
I say this same thing every time Dr. David Newquist puts up a new blog post: he doesn’t write much, but when he does, his…
The Legislature’s Initiative and Referendum Task Force will meet for two days week after next. Friends of democracy, clear your calendars for Day Two. On…